Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
# Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held at Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario, Italy. The races were held 12–25 February 2006.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Austria | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Croatia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Downhill details | Antoine Dénériaz France | 1:48.80 | Michael Walchhofer Austria | 1:49.52 | Bruno Kernen Switzerland | 1:49.82 |
| Combined details | Ted Ligety United States | 3:09.35 | Ivica Kostelić Croatia | 3:09.88 | Rainer Schönfelder Austria | 3:10.67 |
| Super-G details | Kjetil André Aamodt Norway | 1:30.65 | Hermann Maier Austria | 1:30.78 | Ambrosi Hoffmann Switzerland | 1:30.98 |
| Giant slalom details | Benjamin Raich Austria | 2:35.00 | Joël Chenal France | 2:35.07 | Hermann Maier Austria | 2:35.16 |
| Slalom details | Benjamin Raich Austria | 1:43.14 | Reinfried Herbst Austria | 1:43.97 | Rainer Schönfelder Austria | 1:44.15 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Downhill details | Michaela Dorfmeister Austria | 1:56.49 | Martina Schild Switzerland | 1:56.86 | Anja Pärson Sweden | 1:57.13 |
| Combined details | Janica Kostelić Croatia | 2:51.08 | Marlies Schild Austria | 2:51.58 | Anja Pärson Sweden | 2:51.63 |
| Super-G details | Michaela Dorfmeister Austria | 1:32.47 | Janica Kostelić Croatia | 1:32.74 | Alexandra Meissnitzer Austria | 1:33.06 |
| Giant slalom details | Julia Mancuso United States | 2:09.19 | Tanja Poutiainen Finland | 2:09.86 | Anna Ottosson Sweden | 2:10.33 |
| Slalom details | Anja Pärson Sweden | 1:29.04 | Nicole Hosp Austria | 1:29.33 | Marlies Schild Austria | 1:29.79 |

## Participating NOCs

Fifty-eight nations contributed alpine skiers to the events at Torino.

* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Iran
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Madagascar
* Macedonia
* Monaco
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Senegal
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Tajikistan
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United States
* Uzbekistan

## Course information

| Date | Race | Start elevation | Finish elevation | Vertical drop | Course length | Average gradient |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sun 12 Feb | Downhill – men | 2,800 m (9,186 ft) | 1,886 m (6,188 ft) | 914 m (2,999 ft) | 3.299 km (2.050 mi) | 27.7% |
| Wed 15 Feb | Downhill – women | 2,538 m (8,327 ft) | 1,738 m (5,702 ft) | 800 m (2,625 ft) | 3.058 km (1.900 mi) | 26.2% |
| Tue 14 Feb | Downhill (K) – men | 2,686 m (8,812 ft) | 1,886 m (6,188 ft) | 800 m (2,625 ft) | 2.965 km (1.842 mi) | 27.0% |
| Sat 18 Feb | Downhill (K) – women | 2,286 m (7,500 ft) | 1,738 m (5,702 ft) | 548 m (1,798 ft) | 2.331 km (1.448 mi) | 23.5% |
| Sat 18 Feb | Super-G – men | 2,536 m (8,320 ft) | 1,886 m (6,188 ft) | 650 m (2,133 ft) | 2.325 km (1.445 mi) | 28.0% |
| Mon 20 Feb | Super-G – women | 2,286 m (7,500 ft) | 1,738 m (5,702 ft) | 548 m (1,798 ft) | 2.331 km (1.448 mi) | 23.5% |
| Mon 20 Feb | Giant slalom – men | 2,480 m (8,136 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 450 m (1,476 ft) | | |
| Fri 24 Feb | Giant slalom – women | 2,370 m (7,776 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 340 m (1,115 ft) | | |
| Sat 25 Feb | Slalom – men | 2,240 m (7,349 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 210 m (689 ft) | | |
| Wed 22 Feb | Slalom – women | 2,210 m (7,251 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 180 m (591 ft) | | |
| Tue 14 Feb | Slalom (K) – men | 2,210 m (7,251 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 180 m (591 ft) | | |
| Fri 17 Feb | Slalom (K) – women | 2,170 m (7,119 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 140 m (459 ft) | | |

## Qualification

All entries had to be submitted to the organizing committee by 30 January 2006.

In general, athletes must be among the top 500 in the world in their event to compete. They must also have no more than 120 FIS points. Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to 22 athletes, but not more than 14 men or 14 women. No more than 4 athletes from any NOC may compete in each event.

If an NOC has fewer than 2 athletes qualified under those rules, it may send one male and one female athlete with an FIS score of no more than 140 in the slalom or giant slalom event.

